Question on lawn installation

I am typically a mow and go guy. But this 1 customer asked if i could fix her yard. A very small yard, maybe 20x35. It is 1 half of a duplex. Anyway it will only be the front lawn. It is very compact and has some bare spots that need seeding. 1 of the spots is pretty large.
I am thinking, aerate the lawn really well, put down a top dressing and seed. Of course put down some sort of starter fert.
Does this sound ok? If not how would you do it?

why i like cutting lawns so much:

It's the only job i know,
Where i can walk in circles and talk to myself
And no one thinks i'm crazy.

Break up the soil in the bare spots a bit, aerating heavily may work, rototill if large enough, I assume you mean topdressing of compost and not loam. Cut it short first, depending on thatch you may want to dethatch/ rake it out, aerate, topdress seed, or if you have access to a slice seeder, cut short, dethatch, slice seed, topdress. This will insure good seed/ ground contact.

Your signature is funny stbalor, I usually don't seed in the spring. I tend to get a lower germination rate due to an immature root system and the heat. I will tell my customer this and offer alternatives like sod. If they can't afford sod I'll do a soil test (local extension center $10 plus shipping). After that since it's such a small lot I would spray kill everything rake it out, grade and start with a new seed. Come fall time aerate but slit seed this time. I like to use 3-5lbs per thousand going in two different directions. Come spring go with a program that suits your soil test results. Now with all this said your going to have to control the weed population, I would look into getting lic for pesticides and the such, this will keep you ahead or right there with the competition. Oh yea water, water, water.

O'Donnell Landscape Design

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